[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

I've not seen Revice - I was catching up with Saber and desperately busy with life while it was airing - but I've been in this fandom long enough to know that's it's the new Ghost. Or the new Wizard. Or Zi-O. Or Hibiki Part 2. A show with flaws, yes, but one that people probably overegg because it's recent and the weekly watch is still fresh in the mind. Give it time, and it'll become just another Rider series, one that doesn't have to be the best thing ever week after week, and is allowed to have the good coexist with the bad as one of many past Rider shows that you can choose to revisit.

Yeah, I definitely learned something about how quickly I want to revisit a series, at least as far as experiencing it on the boards for the first time. Happy to hold off on talking about Geats until 2030 or so!

Still, it's a little surprising to me how almost universal the dislike for Revice seems to be? I came into this fandom through Ghost; specifically because watching Ghost was driving me insane. But for as much anger as Ghost engendered, there was honestly a lot of positivity and fun? I came away from that experience with an appreciation for both the show itself, and the way other fans enjoyed the show. I don't feel like that's as much the case for Revice? Or maybe the extra two years of distance Ghost had when I started posting about in 2019 really was the difference maker...